: paint that is sprayed onto a surface from a hand-held can
a can of spray paint
spray-painted; spray-painting; spray-paints
: to paint (something) with paint that is sprayed from a can or sprayer
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Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Video showed the orange spray paint covering nearby plants and dripping into the River Thames below the wall.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2024
Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
The Sun also reported that a student activist group called Riot Moon smashed windows and spray-painted the Chi Phi fraternity house after the incident was reported.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Noun
One nitpick is that the black paint on the wings is already starting to chip off after one season, but that’s nothing a coat of matte black spray paint can’t fix.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
Video showed the orange spray paint covering nearby plants and dripping into the River Thames below the wall.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
The previous year the Chicano art group Asco spray-painted the LACMA facade to protest the lack of Latino representation in the museum.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
The Sun also reported that a student activist group called Riot Moon smashed windows and spray-painted the Chi Phi fraternity house after the incident was reported.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Spray paint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spray%20paint. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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